House in Progress Diary

Ssssh. Don't scare him away...

(whispering)

Okay, cool. We may have found an electrician. A guy that digs plaster walls, has loads of experience and is very pleasant. We saw his work in progress on C & D's house and called him. He has the precision of a surgeon when it comes to plaster walls and ceilings. Until we are sure that we haven't scared him away, we will have to refer to him as

Mr. X

(cue organ music here!)

We conferred with the cool people at Fine Homebuilding's Breaktime message boards for some advice on snagging a quality, busy, works-for-himself craftsperson. We'll let you know how it turns out.

In the meantime, read this article called "Salvaged Bones". It is AMAZING to me what someone talented can do re-using materials from a house.

Hopefully we'll get to use all of the wood W saved somewhere in here. And the pieces of marble. And some bricks. We've already used some of the string and the oaktag.

A budget and a stalled economy is all the motivation you need. Now, if you'll excuse me, the dog is taking up all the space in front of our one air-conditioner and I have to make her share. It is after 10 pm and still close to 90 degrees up here. Yech.

Posted by jeanne on August 21, 2003 at 10:13 PM (1)